Beer paddle

Museum number:
16-15012
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160015012
Alternate number:
28 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2927
Description:
Masato paddle for string masato, maize beer; plain undecorated single piece of hardwood carved in shape of small canoe paddle; 60 cm length, 8.5 cm width.
Donor:
Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Machiguenga
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used in stirring masato, fermented maize beer. Masato paddles come in all sizes, always shaped like canoe paddles.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Paddle cut from single piece of hardwood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer paddle, accession number 16-15012, described as Masato paddle for string masato, maize beer; plain undecorated single piece of hardwood carved in shape of small canoe paddle; 60 cm length, 8.5 cm width.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beer paddle, accession number 16-15012, described as Masato paddle for string masato, maize beer; plain undecorated single piece of hardwood carved in shape of small canoe paddle; 60 cm length, 8.5 cm width.

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